SMITHBOWER v. S.W. CENT. RURAL ELEC. COOPERATIVE, INC.


374 Pa.Super. 46 (1988)

542 A.2d 140

George F. SMITHBOWER, Administrator of the Estate of Timothy W. Smithbower, Deceased, on Behalf of the Next of Kin of Timothy W. Smithbower, Deceased and George F. Smithbower, Administrator of the Estate of Timothy W. Smithbower, Deceased, on Behalf of the Estate of Timothy W. Smithbower, Deceased and Cathy S. Smithbower, Administratrix of the Estate of George A. Smithbower, Deceased, on Behalf of the Next of Kin of George A. Smithbower, Deceased, and Cathy S. Smithbower Administratrix of the Estate of George A. Smithbower, Deceased, on Behalf of the Next of Kin of George A. Smithbower, Deceased and Catherine F. Boland, Administratrix of the Estate of Gregory J. Boland, Deceased, on Behalf of the Next of Kin of Gregory J. Boland, Deceased, and Catherine F. Boland, Administratrix of the Estate of Gregory J. Boland, Deceased, on Behalf of the Estate of Gregory J. Boland, Deceased, Appellants, v. SOUTHWEST CENTRAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., Pennsylvania Electric Company, a Corporation and Cresson Feed Mill, Inc., t/d/b/a Hines Equipment, a Corporation, Appellees, v. NEW IDEA FARM EQUIPMENT, A DIVISION OF AVCO CORPORATION, Appellee, v. SPEED KING MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Zadzilko, Edensburg, for appellants.

Louis C. Long, Pittsburgh, for Pennsylvania Elec. Co., appellee.

Before McEWEN, DEL SOLE and JOHNSON, JJ.


DEL SOLE, Judge:

This is an appeal from Judgment entered August 27, 1987, in the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County, Civil Division.1 We affirm.

The instant case was filed by and on behalf of the estates and the next of kin of Timothy W. Smithbower, George A. Smithbower and George J. Boland, who were electrocuted and died when a portable grain auger (elevator) which they were moving came into contact with a high voltage overhead...

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